Cheapest third-party road test in Dallas-Fort Worth (2026): every posted price, sorted

Updated October 22, 2026. Prices re-checked on each school’s own website on October 22, 2026. This site is independent and not affiliated with DPS, TDLR, or any driving school. No school paid to be listed or ranked on this page, and there are no affiliate links or featured (paid) spots on it.

DPS lets certified driving schools give the official Class C road test, and it does not set their prices: fees for a drive test given by a driver education school “are not regulated by the Department”^[1]. So prices vary a lot across DFW. DPS lists 99 road-test sites in the 11 DFW counties, run by 69 schools (some appear under slightly different names on the DPS list)^[2]. We found a road-test price on the school’s own website for 31 schools (52 sites). The rest are listed below as “price not posted.”

How to read this table

• Lowest posted price is the lowest road-test price the school shows on its page, even if it only applies to its own students or past customers. We sort by it.
• Price for a new customer is the lowest standard road-test price the page shows for someone who isn’t a current or former student. For schools that post separate teen and adult prices, this is the adult price.
• Who it’s for, Car, Attempts: filled in only where the school’s page says so. “Not stated” means the page doesn’t say; ask the school.
• Prices don’t include the DPS license fee you pay separately (for example, $33 for a new license at age 18–84, $16 under 18)^[3].

All 31 DFW schools with a posted road-test price, cheapest first

Ties are broken by the price for a new customer, then by name. Schools with more than one DFW test site appear once; the cities are the DPS-listed test sites. Addresses and phone numbers for every site are on the DFW road-test page.

Who should pick what

• No car of your own: look for “school car included” or a posted car fee in the Car column. Quad Cities ($50 with its car) and Drive Smart ($80, car included) post a price that already includes the school’s car; many others add $20–$50.
• Want a second chance at the same price: Metro Driving School posts 3 attempts on separate dates for $70 (new customers); Right Start posts 2 attempts for $75; Maverick says every road test includes a free reschedule/retest.
• Need a test today: Drive Smart (same-day $100, cash, weekdays), Hanin (“Same-Day Road Test Available”) and Elite (walk-in) say so on their pages. Call first.
• Weekend: A+ Academy ($100 Saturdays), Transitions ($97 Saturdays) and Easy Drivers Ed (no extra weekend charge) post weekend terms.

DFW road-test listings with no posted price (40)

These schools are on the DPS road-test list for the DFW counties, but we didn’t find a road-test price on their own website when we checked (October 21, 2026). That doesn’t mean they’re more expensive; call them. We never publish prices from phone calls or third-party sites.

Changes since our last check

• Right Start Driving School: our earlier note of a $25 school-car charge is no longer on its road-test page, so we removed it.
• Street Wise: its page now also posts an $80 price for current Street Wise students (non-students still $100).
• Elite Driving Academy: its page posts a $60 road test for enrolled Elite students, in addition to the $85/$100 walk-in prices.
• All 31 DFW price pages answered when we re-checked on October 22, 2026; none returned a 404. One (Southlake Driving School) blocked our automated checker, so we read it in a browser-style fetch; the posted $75 fee was unchanged.

Before you book

• Check that you qualify for a school-given test (age, driver ed certificate, learner license, Impact Texas Drivers certificate within 90 days)^[1]. Our guide walks through it: How to get a Texas road test without waiting months at DPS.
• If you use your own car, schools commonly require current registration, inspection, insurance and working lights. Ask the school for its list.
• Prices change. Confirm the price, the car, and the number of attempts when you book.

“Price not posted” means we did not find a road-test price on the school’s own website when we checked on October 21, 2026. Call the school. Prices change; always confirm before you book. DPS says fees for tests given by driver education schools “are not regulated by the Department” (DPS).

Sources

1. DPS: Third Party Skills Testing (TPST) Program
2. DPS: Schedule a drive test at an authorized TPST school (school list)
3. DPS: Driver License Fees
4. TDLR: Driver education license data files

School list: DPS TPST list, retrieved October 21, 2026. Metro = Collin, Dallas, Denton, Ellis, Hunt, Kaufman, Rockwall, Johnson, Parker, Tarrant and Wise counties. Prices: each school’s own page, linked in the table, with the date we checked it. We don’t rate or rank school quality; the order is by posted price only.